Surface plow, weeder, and grubber.



No. 894,914. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

G. L. STOOKEY & J. J. TANNER. SURFACE PLOW, WEEDER, AND GRUBBER.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 5, 1907.

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"SURFACE PLOW,'WEEDER, AND GRUBBBR.

A PPLIOATIQN FILED AUG. 5, 1907.

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%v.777. f ATTORNEYS UNITED 'srArrEs PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE L. STOOKEY, OF LEHI, AND JOSEPH JUNIUS TANNER, OF GLOVER, UTAH.

SURFACE PLOW, WEEDER, AN-D GRU'BBER.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed August 5, 1907. Serial No. 387,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE L. STooxEY and J OSEPH JUNIUs TANNER, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Lehi and Clover, in the counties of Utah and Toole and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful Surface Plow, Weeder, and Grubber, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to surface plows and weeders and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an implement of simple and cheap construction which is especially adapted for tilling the soil at its surface and for cutting roots lying just below the surface.

The implement consists primarily of a se-' ries of horizontal blades arranged in staggered relation in the line of draft and a series of actiniform members mounted upon ashaft which is journaled for rotation the said members being adapted to keep the blades free of verse sectional view of one of the blades cut on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The implement consists of the frame 1 to which is journaled the axle 2 and the ground wheels 3 are located at the ends of the axle 2 and have ratchet engagement therewith. The forward portion of the frame is supported by the ground wheels 4 and the draft rods 5 are attached to the forward portion of the frame 1 and are connected with the rings 6. The frame 1 is rovided with the vertically disposed gui es 7, some of which are located at the forward side of the frame while others are located at the lateral side thereof. The bar 8 rests at its ends in those uides 7 located at the lateral sides of the rame 1 while the projections 9 lie in those guides 7 located at the front of the frame 1. The said guides are provided with suitable set screws or equivalent securing devices for fixing those parts lying therein. The plow beams 10 are connected together at their forward ends by a bar 11 and the bar 8 connects the intermediate portions of the said beams together, the U-clamps 8 being used upon the natures in the attached to the rear end of each beam. The

said blades are horizontally disposed and are of cuneiform configuration in plan with the The outer edges ofupstanding ribs 12. each blade overlaps the outer edges of the adjacent blades in the line of draft of the imlement. ocated upon the axle shaft 2 and rotate with the same. The said members 13 lie in planes occurring approximately midway between the beams 10 and are adapted to prevent trash and vegetation from accumulating upon the beams. I

From the fore oing description it is obvious that a simp e and efiective root cutter and surface low is provided and that the beams and p ows may be adjusted vertically whereby the distance at which they will operate below the surface may be regulated and the said beams may be elevated to such an extent as to raise the blades above the sur face, the last said adjustment being desirable when the implement is transported from place to lace.

aving described our invention what we claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is An implement as described comprising a frame, a wheel sup orted axle shaft journaled thereon, actinifbrm members mounted u on the shaft, long and Short plow beams a ternately arranged, said axle shaft being located above and between the rear ends of the long and short beams, blades attached to said beams and having their adjacent edges overlapping in the line of draft of the.

implement, said actiniform members operating in lanes between the overlapping edges of the lades.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our sigresence of two witnesses.

GEO GE L. STOOKEY. JOSEPH JUN IUS TANNER. Witnesses for G. L. Stookey: G. N. CHILD, L. E. ADAMS.

Witnesses for J. J. Tanner:

E. HUME TALBERT, C. E. S. OoYLE.

The actiniform members 13 are 

